Atherosclerosis
Volume 204, Issue 2 , Pages 491-496 , June 2009

Patterns of statin prescription in acute myocardial infarction: The French registry of Acute ST-elevation or non-ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction (FAST-MI)

  • Jean Ferrières

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology department, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Service de cardiologie B, CHU Rangueil, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. Tel.: +33 5 61 52 18 70; fax: +33 561 32 33 35.
    • ,
  • Vincent Bataille

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U 558, Département d’Epidémiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Toulouse, France
    • ,
  • Florence Leclercq

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier 34295, France
    • ,
  • Philippe Geslin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Bernard Ruidavets

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U 558, Département d’Epidémiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Toulouse, France
    • ,
  • Gilles Grollier

      Affiliations

    • Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Caen, Caen, France
    • ,
  • Paul Bernard

      Affiliations

    • Clinique du Pont de Chaume, Montauban, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Pierre Cambou

      Affiliations

    • Société Française de Cardiologie, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Tabassome Simon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, APHP-Saint Antoine hospital, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Nicolas Danchin

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology department, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
    • For the FAST-MI Investigators.

Received 18 August 2008 ,Revised 15 September 2008 ,Accepted 21 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.09.031

Atherosclerosis
Volume 204, Issue 2 , Pages 491-496 , June 2009

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